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Birthday October 30, 1775

• The temperature on October 30, 1775 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1775: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 19 » American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
  • May 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
  • August 20 » The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
  • November 7 » John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
  • December 3 » USSAlfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
  • December 5 » At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1728 » Mary Hayley, English businesswoman († 1808)
• 1735 » John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States († 1826)
• 1751 » Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish-English poet, playwright, and politician, Treasurer of the Navy († 1816)
• 1762 » André Chénier, Turkish-French poet and playwright († 1794)
• 1786 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian captain and author († 1871)
• 1799 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop († 1885)